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Index
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Preface to the Revised Edition
Acknowledgements
The Liszt Family Trees
Concordance Table of Cities, Towns, and Villages
Prologue
Liszt and the Literature
Liszt’s Family Background
Book One: The Young Prodigy, 1811–1829
Childhood in Hungary
Vienna, 1821–1823
Paris and the First World Tours
The Death of Liszt’s Father
Obscurity in Paris
Book Two: The Growing Virtuoso, 1830–1834
After the July Revolution
A Riot of Pianists
Paganini
Friends and Contemporaries: Berlioz and Chopin
Enter Marie d’Agoult
Book Three: The Years of Pilgrimage, 1835–1839
Elopement to Geneva
The Lion Shakes His Mane: Liszt’s Duel with Thalberg
Switzerland and Italy
After the Flood in Hungary, 1838–1839
Book Four: The Years of Transcendental Execution, 1839–1847
Liszt and the Keyboard
A Prodigal Returns to Hungary, 1839–1840
The World Tours I: Prague, Leipzig, and London, 1840–1841
The World Tours II: Berlin and St. Petersburg, 1841–1842
Marie d’Agoult Becomes “Daniel Stern”: Nélida versus Guermann
The Beethoven Monument Unveiled in Bonn, 1845
The World Tours III: Transylvania, Russia, and Turkey, 1846–1847
Appendix: Catalogue of works which Liszt played in public, 1838–48, compiled by himself
Sources Consulted in the Preparation of Volume I
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